Caitlin Clark’s Lesson for White Athletes: Don’t Be a MAGA Pawn Caitlin Clark’s Lesson for White Athletes: Don’t Be a MAGA Pawn
When given the lucrative chance to demonize a rival player, Clark chose a different path.
Apr 7, 2023 / Dave Zirin
Willis Reed Was the Best of New York City Willis Reed Was the Best of New York City
The death of the basketball great should remind the city of what it was, what it is, and what it should resist becoming.
Mar 23, 2023 / Dave Zirin
The New Era of Backlash in Sports and Politics The New Era of Backlash in Sports and Politics
Trump opened up the world of sports to the hard right.
Mar 1, 2023 / Dave Zirin
LeBron James’s Double Burden LeBron James’s Double Burden
LeBron had to climb the heights of basketball while also navigating the pressures of a movement, which makes his ascension all the more remarkable.
Feb 7, 2023 / Dave Zirin
Grim Until Griner: The Year in Sports and Politics Grim Until Griner: The Year in Sports and Politics
In 2022, silence and fear ruled the day. But Brittney Griner’s freedom provides a road map for all of us.
Dec 29, 2022 / Dave Zirin
A Vindication for Agitation: Brittney Griner Is Coming Home A Vindication for Agitation: Brittney Griner Is Coming Home
Many of the obstacles to freeing Brittney Griner were domestic, not foreign.
Dec 8, 2022 / Dave Zirin
The Response to Brittney Griner’s Capture Is an Indictment of the Right and the “Left” The Response to Brittney Griner’s Capture Is an Indictment of the Right and the “Left”
Why is commonsense solidarity so difficult?
Nov 29, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Brittney Griner’s Jail Conditions Speak to the Urgency of Bringing Her Home Brittney Griner’s Jail Conditions Speak to the Urgency of Bringing Her Home
If the US doesn’t bring her back, the basketball star’s nine-year prison sentence in Russia’s “land of prisons” will likely be brutal.
Nov 23, 2022 / Dave Zirin
The NBA’s Hypocrisies Are Sabotaging Its Response to Kyrie Irving The NBA’s Hypocrisies Are Sabotaging Its Response to Kyrie Irving
The league won't acknowledge its own culpability for the current climate of hate.
Nov 7, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Kyrie Irving and the Fraught History of Our Collective Liberation Kyrie Irving and the Fraught History of Our Collective Liberation
Kyrie's anti-Semitism isn’t new, but his allies are. And that’s terrifying.
Nov 1, 2022 / Dave Zirin